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Schizophrenia and Personality Disorders
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Schizophrenia Characterized by a loss of touch with reality Usually develops in early adulthood Symptoms include: Hallucinationsloss of social skills Delusions loss of emotional responsiveness Though disorders Social withdrawal
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Types Paranoid: characterized by delusions and auditory hallucinations (hearing voices) John Nash Disorganized: thoughts scattered; incoherent Catatonic: manifests in changes in the body movement (may hold an unusual position for long periods)
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Personality Disorders Defined as inflexible traits that disrupt social life or work Personality disorders are an integral part of the individual; other psychological disorders are something separate for the personality of the individual
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Types Paranoid: suspicious and distrustful of others; often are cold and isolated- unlike paranoid schizophrenia, they don’t have delusions or distorted reality, they are just distrustful Antisocial: characterized by a persistent disregard for and violation of the rights of others; they feel no remorse and do not fear social sanctions
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Causes of Psychological Disorders Psychological Views Personality disorders: lack of development of a conscience; children may “learn” how to respond or not through their childhood experiences Schizophrenia: overwhelming urges from the unconscious mind may cause the individual to not be able to distinguish reality from fantasy
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Biological Schizophrenia: underdeveloped brains (small brains), problems with loss of connections between the parts of the frontal lobe of brain Personality: suggestion of a genetic component
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